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There's a reason that neither side have achieved air superiority, and that due to the integrated air defence.Interesting meme, but it misses the fact that the A-10 pilots go through a Basic Fighter Maneuvers (BFM) class at least once a year while qualified for the A-10, the same class regular fighter pilots attend.
Also the A-10 carries two AIM-9 missiles for self defense, regardless of what else is loaded on the other hard points.
I appreciate the attempts to play down it's capabilities, but the A-10C is an exceptionally capable machine.
What about the Belarusian, Russian, and Crimean S400s and all the mobile SAMs embedded with the ground troops? Without effective SEAD, it's an untenable environment. You've got to have effective AWACS as well as negating Ivan's.And therefore only after the Belarus and other partisans, or Ukrainian cruise missiles, kill off all the Russian AWACS aircraft will aircraft like the A-10 become viable.
I still think a dozen A-10s would have made good work of that convoy back in early March 2022 and survived to tell the tale. The Russians in those early days had no concept of readiness or defence. And for entirely unrealistic, unopposed fun, let's game it out.And therefore only after the Belarus and other partisans, or Ukrainian cruise missiles, kill off all the Russian AWACS aircraft will aircraft like the A-10 become viable.
Russia should forget about lobbing missiles into Ukrainian civilian centres, as that does nothing to hinder Ukraine's fighting capability. Instead save those missiles for high value tactical targets in the coming UAF offensive, rather than schools and shopping malls.Russian army spend month amassing missiles to strike Ukraine
Ukrainian intelligence has reported that Russia launched its massive attack on Ukraine on 9 March using missiles it had been producing for a month, considering the shortage of high-precision weapons.www.pravda.com.ua
Yes, read the book "Panzar Leader" by Heinz Guderian.Bakhmut = Stalingrad v2.0
In WWII, the Germans could have surrounded and bypassed Stalingrad during their offensive, but no, Hitler had to have Stalin's namesake, so it became a meat grinder that not only consumed an appalling amount of time, men and material (not to mention the best of the Luftwaffe's flight school instructors), but allowed the Red Army a reprieve across the front to rebuild and reinforce their armies while the German army was bottled up in one spot.
Once again, history repeats itself...
Because politicians encouraged by fan boys keep blocking USAF attempts to retire it.So, if it's hopelessly obsolete over any contested early/mid-21st century battlefield, why is the A-10 still in service?
BFM & AIM-9s won't help against either a modern SAM system or a fighter using appropriate tactics and weapons to pick off from afar. Real life is not Hollywood when it comes to war.Interesting meme, but it misses the fact that the A-10 pilots go through a Basic Fighter Maneuvers (BFM) class at least once a year while qualified for the A-10, the same class regular fighter pilots attend.
Also the A-10 carries two AIM-9 missiles for self defense, regardless of what else is loaded on the other hard points.
I appreciate the attempts to play down it's capabilities, but the A-10C is an exceptionally capable machine.
They're younger than me.Well, I guess we should retire the F-16 and F-15 while we're at it because, you know, they're old.
Remember also that the Ukrainians already rejected A-10s - see below for one example of reporting from last year:There's a reason that neither side have achieved air superiority, and that due to the integrated air defence.
Unless the A-10's self-defence is better than anything currently operating it won't last. And yes, it's got all sorts of survivability, built in, but it'll still get written off.